Obama denies any video showing Michelle 'whitey' rant...

Sen. Barack Obama on Thursday batted down rumors circulating on the Internet and mentioned on some cable news shows of the existence of a video of his wife using a derogatory term for white people, and criticized a reporter for asking him about the rumor, which has not a shred of evidence to support it.

âWe have seen this before. There is dirt and lies that are circulated in e-mails and they pump them out long enough until finally you, a mainstream reporter, asks me about it,â Obama said to the McClatchy reporter during a press conference aboard his campaign plane. âThat gives legs to the story. If somebody has evidence that myself or Michelle or anybody has said something inappropriate, let them do it.â

Asked whether he knew it not to be true, Obama said he had answered the question.

âFrankly, my hope is people donât play this game,â Obama said. âIt is a destructive aspect of our politics. Simply because something appears in an e-mail, that should lend it no more credence than if you heard it on the corner. Presumably the job of the press is to not to go around and spread scurrilous rumors like this until there is actually anything, an iota, of substance or evidence that would substantiate it.â

I think Obama will make times tougher in the US, while it will be for the good and with some needed reforms. McCain would probably fight any change and keep the "good times" rollng a bit longer before all hell breaks loose one day ...

The "Accusation of Racism" is a perception of a systematic denial or rights based on the color of the perpetrator's skin color. The only people in this country with the power to effectively do this are people of color. As an African American male, I would tell you that abuse of this concept drives way too much of the remedies and responses.

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Racism is a systematic denial of rights based on the color of one's skin. The only people in this country with the power to do that are white people.

Racism is a systematic denial of rights based on the color of one's skin. The only people in this country with the power to do that are white people.

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First, you created your own definition. Most people would take a broader view and describe racism as stereotyping people on the basis of race, particularly in a negative light. For example, the way Rev. Wright and "Father" Pleger blamed whitey for everything.

Second, there are plenty of places where blacks have political control, such as Detroit, Washington, DC, etc. They systematically use it to give race-based favors to blacks and to prejudice other unfavored races.